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The Creation of New Regions in Papua: Blessing or Disaster?
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:06 pm | Selpius Bobii - Front Pepera Papua Barat
The relatively recent accelerated formation of new provinces, kabupaten (regencies), cities, districts and villages in the land of Papua is causing new areas to spread like a mould, appearing in every direction in Papua. More >>
Horse Petition Presented
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 2:05 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The petition of Jan Mossman and 15,000 others requests the House recognise horses as an alternative mode of travel in New Zealand, compel the New Zealand Transport Agency to include ridden and driven horses in their planning and facilitation process, ... More >>
Iran Tweets Greetings to Jews & Does Not Deny Holocaust
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 1:35 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Iran's foreign minister says the newly elected government does not deny the Holocaust, is not anti-Semitic and tweeted Rosh Hashanah greetings to all Jews, but is still against political Zionism. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Leak both ways
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 1:03 pm | Martin Doyle
What exactly does Nick Smith think a Minister of Conservation is paid to do: snoop on DOC staff... or listen to their actual warnings of "toxic" waterways? More >>
A Tale of Two Congress Members
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:56 pm | David Swanson
In 2010 in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District, many people who prioritize peace over war probably voted for Democrat Tom Perriello over Republican Robert Hurt. I know many who did just that. Here's what Congressman Hurt said on Tuesday about Syria: ... More >>
Pakistan should not compromise with terrorists
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:52 pm | Syed Atiq ul Hassan
The recent attack on All Saints Church in the North-Western City of Peshawar has again exposed the failure of the government and the law enforcement agencies of Pakistan in providing safety to its 180 million people. More bomb blasts, more bloodshed, ... More >>
Israeli Response to Rouhani Betrays Its Own Intransigence
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:44 pm | Sherwood Ross
Israel’s mean-spirited response to Iran’s olive branch actually illuminates its own aggressive posture. Along comes Hassan Rouhani, the new Iranian president, and instead of applauding his initiatives to meet with President Obama and resolve outstanding ... More >>
Ending One War, Ending All Wars
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:36 pm | David Swanson
Thank you to Elizabeth Barger and the Nashville Peace and Justice Center and to all of you, and happy International Day of Peace! From a certain angle it doesn't look like a happy day of peace. The U.S. government is engaged in a major war in Afghanistan, ... More >>
New Deal and the Curse of ‘Community Self-Governance’
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:21 pm | Abukar Arman
On July 21, I tweeted the following reflection: “A society can govern itself with custom instead of modern law, tribal system instead of government; (however) it cannot ride both horses at the same time.” Reacting to that old tweet, a few days ago, ... More >>
Members’ Night
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 10:37 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz
After Question Time and the General Debate, a private bill sponsored by Te Ururoa Flavell will receive its first reading. More >>
Briefly: Apple updates iMac; Telecom NZ satellite win
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 7:48 am | Digitl
Apple updated its iMac lineup on overnight bumping graphics performance and speeds. The new models make use of the latest generation of Intel chips and wireless networking. More >>
Committee Stage Debates Worked Through
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 9:57 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The House rose just before 10pm interrupting debate on the committee stage of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Bill More >>
Mobile device sales fall, tablets weakest
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 7:47 pm | Digitl
Our love for mobile devices could be cooling according to IDC Research. The company says regional sales figures for mobile devices have now declined for two consecutive quarters. More >>
Mobile device sales fall, tablets weakest
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 7:46 pm | Digitl
Our love for mobile devices could be cooling according to IDC Research. The company says regional sales figures for mobile devices have now declined for two consecutive quarters. More >>
Marine Bill Progresses
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 5:44 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
Marine legislation reform completed its committee stage today with general support, though there was strong opposition to an amendment which will make exploratory drilling consents non-notifiable. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Unified, loving team
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 5:13 pm | Martin Doyle
David Cunliffe's first days as Labour leader have brought a chorus of sweetness and light from his caucus edged though it is with a certain cold steel. More >>
Why Telecom NZ doesn't oppose government copper intervention
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 2:57 pm | Digitl
Despite the headlines in some media Telecom NZ hasn't gone as far as backing government plans to over-rule the Commerce Commission on copper network pricing. Its position is more nuanced. More >>
Annual Reports Presented
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 2:06 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The annual reports of the Electricity Authority, NZQA and Lotto NZ were tabled and MPs began Question Time More >>
David Cunliffe: LVR – 1st Home Buyers | DoC Dam Submission
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 11:51 am | Hamish Cardwell
At his weekly pre-caucus press standup Labour leader David Cunliffe answered questions about ASB Bank's decision to cease pre-approving loans to people with low deposits, and said Nick Smith had some explaining to do over the Department of Conservation's ... More >>
Committee Stage Debates To Dominate
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 10:42 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The Government intends dealing with the committee stages of a number of bills in Parliament today. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Labour reshuffle
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 10:26 am | Gordon Campbell
Like a dog with a bone, the media can’t seem to let a good angle about the Labour team reshuffle die without a fight. It has to be a story of blood and vengeance, whatever the evidence to the contrary. In fact, you could make the exact reverse ... More >>
Briefly: Microsoft re-Surfaces; BlackBerry bought; Oracle fa
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 8:21 am | Digitl
There were no huge surprises when Microsoft took the wraps off its Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro tablets in New York overnight. More >>
Hawaiki signs cable-laying contract
Monday, 23 September 2013, 10:34 pm | Digitl
Hawaiki's plan for a submarine cable linking Australia and New Zealand to Hawaii edges closer with the signing of a supply contract with TE SubCom. More >>
So much for the paperless office
Monday, 23 September 2013, 6:44 pm | Digitl
Squirting ink on to dead trees remains popular despite the rise of tablets, smartphones and other devices. More >>
New Labour Shadow Cabinet Announced
Monday, 23 September 2013, 4:20 pm | Hamish Cardwell
There were few changes, with Shane Jones, Grant Robertson and David Parker part of a new "beefed-up" economic team. More >>
Briefly: BlackBerry Messenger woes; RSA crypto warning; Touc
Monday, 23 September 2013, 3:05 pm | Digitl
Logistical problems halted the launch of BlackBerry's long awaited BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) apps for Android over the weekend. More >>
French expert: NZ Government drove too hard a UFB bargain
Monday, 23 September 2013, 10:38 am | Digitl
New Zealand’s government nailed its fibre network builders to the floor on price. This may turn out to be less clever than it looks. More >>
French expert says NZ Government drove too hard a bargain on
Monday, 23 September 2013, 10:36 am | Digitl
New Zealand’s government nailed its fibre network builders to the floor on price. This may turn out to be less clever than it looks. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: BBQ at Balmoral
Monday, 23 September 2013, 9:50 am | Martin Doyle
The detailed etiquette required of visitors to Balmoral Castle would leave most normal Kiwis quaking in their (pathologically casual) boots. More >>
Why Iran Seeks Constructive Engagement | Hassan Rouhani
Saturday, 21 September 2013, 3:43 pm | Hassan Rouhani President of Iran
Three months ago, my platform of “prudence and hope” gained a broad, popular mandate. Iranians embraced my approach to domestic and international affairs because they saw it as long overdue. I’m committed to fulfilling my promises to my people, ... More >>
Israel’s History of Chemical Weapons Use
Friday, 20 September 2013, 5:41 pm | Elias Akleh
The UN chemical weapons inspectors, who went to Syria to investigate the use of chemical weapons, should have stopped on their way at Occupied Palestine (Israel), where Israeli government has the largest stockpile of chemical and other WMD in the entire Middle ... More >>
Wobblies and Cossacks: The 1913 Great Strike
Friday, 20 September 2013, 5:20 pm | Ciaran Doolin
The industrial actions in New Zealand during 1913 marked one of the high points of the militant labour movement. The 1912 Waihi miners’ strike, which was violently repressed by the police and “free” unionists, was of the primary the catalysts ... More >>
Gaza: The Epic Struggle of a Trapped Student
Friday, 20 September 2013, 5:09 pm | Fidaa Abu Assi
Last night, I had a dream that I was running, running and running, and I kept running till I glanced an emergency exit. Though I cannot remember whether I made my way out, I woke up feeling breathless. Strangled. Suffocated. I cannot even find a better ... More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: An abject submission
Friday, 20 September 2013, 4:44 pm | Martin Doyle
DOC's craven submission [or not] concerning water quality issues arising from the proposed Ruataniwha Dam is a disgrace to the department. It's like a blind, bottom-dwelling fish that's lost sight of its raison d'être. More >>
Whistleblowing: Alexis, Snowden and the Navy Yard Shootings
Friday, 20 September 2013, 3:41 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It did not take long for the critics to pounce on the shootings at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. on September 16 as the product not so much of a disturbed mind but one who had not been sufficiently policed and excluded. 13 people were left ... More >>
Why Obama’s Syria Debacle Remains On Point
Friday, 20 September 2013, 3:34 pm | Alon Ben-Meir
My previous article entitled “Obama’s Syria Debacle” elicited wide-spread positive feedback and just as much criticism about the rationale behind my argument that President Obama must punish President Assad for his use of chemical weapons against his people. More >>
The Crisis at Fukushima 4 Demands a Global Take-Over
Friday, 20 September 2013, 11:18 am | Harvey Wasserman
We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. There is no excuse for not acting. All the resources our species can muster must be focussed on the fuel pool at Fukushima Unit 4. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the Nick Smith saga and the America’s Cup
Friday, 20 September 2013, 11:09 am | Gordon Campbell
Yesterday’s attempts by Conservation Minister Nick Smith to nitpick his way out of the Ruataniwha scandal seem to have reached a stalemate. Smith continues to claim that he can credibly state he was unaware on September 17 of the existence of DOC’s ... More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Window on destruction
Friday, 20 September 2013, 10:50 am | Martin Doyle
Business closures and cultural losses (Learning Media; Downstage Theatre) are a form of bombardment in our own midst. Our looters are the well-heeled variety. More >>
Government tips $15 m into submarine cable
Friday, 20 September 2013, 10:49 am | Bill Bennett
Besieged by complaints about government favours to network company Chorus, Communications Minster Amy Adam found time for an announcement about government support for a trans-pacfic submarine cable. More >>
Big demand for Vocus AWS service
Friday, 20 September 2013, 10:47 am | Bill Bennett
Vocus NZ sales manager Steven Stanford says there is a high level of interest in his company’s Cloud Connect product which can link New Zealand companies directly to Amazon’s data centre in Australia. More >>
BlackBerry pitches smarter smartphone software
Friday, 20 September 2013, 9:46 am | Bill Bennett
As one door closes for BlackBerry, another one opens with the former smartphone giant aiming to become a smartphone business software giant. BlackBerry has at least one ace up its sleeve if the company’s impressive Z30 smartphone fails to rekindle ... More >>
Buddhist/Hindu Funerals: Upright Fetus or Burning Horizontal
Friday, 20 September 2013, 9:42 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Rich or poor, king or commoner, when some Buddhists and Hindus die their funeral can include bending the corpse into an upright fetal position, or burying the body and later burning the bones in a "double funeral". More >>
Family Court Reform Bill Passes
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 6:03 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The third reading of the Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill split into ten bills was completed by 61 to 59 with National, ACT and United Future in favour. More >>
Syria’s New Game: The Russian Factor
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 5:55 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Many US media commentators were fairly accurate in labeling some of the language used by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a New York Times article as "hypocritical". More >>
Book excerpts: Ecoman
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 5:37 pm | Ecoman
Extracts from ecostore founder and CEO's new book Ecoman: From a Garage in Northland to a Pioneering Global Brand. More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Iraqi Students in the U.S.
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 5:35 pm | David Swanson
The Iraqi Student Project has brought Iraqi students, refugees from the U.S. war on Iraq, to the United States to study, make friends, and build understanding. Students have come from refugee families living in Syria, which now has its own violence, ... More >>
Telco Interception Bill Reported Back
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 2:21 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
When Parliament resumed at 2pm the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill was reported back by the Law and Order Committee. More >>
After Massacres, US Gun Debate Moves into the Marketplace
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 1:04 pm | Martha Rosenberg
There are few things more extreme than US gun rights advocates. Because gun rights is a 100 percent issue for advocates, driving to state capitals, heckling town meetings and pelting lawmakers with gun paranoia “patriotism” is their fulltime job. More >>
Mac writing tools 2013 edition
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:37 am | Bill Bennett
There's no shortage of choice when it comes to writing tools for the Mac. Bill Bennett takes a personal look at some of the best known options he discovered after moving from Windows. More >>
Briefly: Yacht races test networks, Datacom result
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:19 am | Bill Bennett
Telecom NZ scored plenty of media coverage when it reported a huge surge in mobile data traffic as workers live stream America’s Cup yacht races on smartphones and tablets. The company said data traffic doubled during the races. More >>
Big screen BlackBerry Z30 means another roll of the dice
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:15 am | Bill Bennett
Earlier today I had a sneak preview of the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone. The BlackBerry Z30 has a large five inch display and a more powerful battery than the earlier Z10. It comes equipped with the latest 10.2 version of BlackBerry’s phone operating ... More >>
Gordon Campbell on Nick Smith undermining river quality
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:06 am | Gordon Campbell
The Ruataniwha dam proposed for Hawke’s Bay has been controversial on a number of counts, but the issues involved have just cranked up a whole new level. See if you can square these two positions - both of them to do with a critical Department ... More >>
Film Sale Ban Extension To Be Debated
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 10:38 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz
A bill extending a ban on the sale of films until they have been shown in cinemas will be debated when Parliament sits today. More >>
Family Court Reforms Progress
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 10:02 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
Debate on the second reading of the Copyright (Parallel Importing of Films) Amendment Bill was interrupted when the House rose at 10pm. More >>
Dalziel Says Quakes Changed Her
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 6:05 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
Retiring Labour MP Lianne Dalziel says she is leaving Parliament because the Canterbury Earthquakes changed her priorities and outlook on life. More >>
Papua Ablaze! The Need for a Touch of Hearts
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 6:01 pm | Selpius Bobii - Front Pepera Papua Barat
“In Syria hundreds of civilians are dead from a suspected attack with poison gas on Wednesday 21 August 2013 at a location close to the Syrian capital of Damascus. Meanwhile in Papua hundreds of thousands of Papuan citizens are also dead, having ... More >>
William Hague & UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie on Syria
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 5:54 pm | Joint Media Statement
Each day accounts of horrific crimes in Syria reach the outside world. Now the UN has confirmed that rape is being used to terrorise and punish women, men and children, during house searches and interrogations, at checkpoints, and in detention centres ... More >>
Solari Update: Crowdfunding, What it Means to You - Sept. 19
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 5:45 pm | Catherine Austin Fitts
With incomes falling and unemployment rising, there are compelling economic reasons to improve the ability of entrepreneurs to finance start-ups. After all, if non-accredited investors are free to buy lottery tickets, why can't they invest in their friends ... More >>
Victim-friendly legal mechanisms required to stop rape
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 5:41 pm | Amir Murtaza
The brutal rape of five-year-old girl in Lahore, last week, has literally shocked the country, from the highest office to the ordinary citizen. The tragic incident has sparked a nationwide debate and outcry against the lack of safety mechanism for ... More >>
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